A big day today. The build encroached into our living space today. The main part of the renovation is now ready for sheeting, so it is time to get to all of the other jobs we’ve planned. In our living space we are removing old joinery and streamlining the design to give us more space …
After a glorious weekend in Canberra, heavy cloud cover, storms and rain rolled in over night. Although the heavy rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the five builders who arrived promptly at 7.00am. They quickly got to work readying our space to install our new hard wood floors. They were ready to go as the …
A long weekend in Canberra, footy finals are into full swing and we enjoy a couple of nice meals with friends away from the construction zone. With builders not on site for a few days, we are at a limbo stage. All of the pre work has been done, we are now waiting on floors, …
Chris arrives at lunchtime for a discussion about our final kitchen cabinetry. We had detailed plans drawn by our designers, Department of Design (https://www.deptofdesign.com.au, if you get a chance, use them, they are wonderful), so this task wasn’t very hard. We reviewed all of the detailed drawings with Chris so he could go and get …
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Today can be described in a single word: electrical. John, our electrician arrives at 7.30am and by about 4.00pm what seems like a few kilometres of cabling has been installed. We meet with him in the morning for an hour or so and go over the plans, confirming the location of lights, switches and power …
The amount of decisions you need to make is astounding. This weekend we are off to select a rangehood. A few months ago when selecting our appliances we chose a rangehood. A nice Qasair. It was the right size, had easy to see controls and was relatively quiet. Perfect. No Now the ceiling was open …
A glorious but freezing Canberra morning greets us all. The nail guns are in full swing by 7.00am as work continues. Today’s task is battening. Battening assists keep the roof beams straight, can be used by the electrician to lay and attach electrical cable to and also holds insulation in place. It is long thin …
All quiet on site in the AM. We were presented with a bitterly cold Spring Canberra day, heavy cloud cover, persistent rain. Chris had told us not much would happen at the end of this week, yesterday and today. Following the electrical rough in, there is little to do now until the flooring goes in. …
All quiet on site
We met with the electrician this morning. Winter has returned to Canberra as a cold southerly blew as we walked around working out where lights, switches and power points would go. Spaghetti junction above our heads bared witness to 50 years of electrical decisions. A mixture of original cabling, coupled with works we had done in …